Securely Communicating Service Status in a Distributed Network Environment

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the secure datastore comprising the stored token is writable only by the monitoring service.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the received token is a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Web Token (JWT).

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising retrieving the public key using a key identifier within a header of the JWT, wherein the key identifier identifies the public key stored in a datastore by the monitoring service generating the public-private key pair.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the JWT comprises an expiry indication identifying an expiration time of the JWT.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising storing the JWT in a datastore writable by the service application, the JWT being stored for a time equal to or greater than the expiration time.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the service being provided comprises issuing a license identifying access rights to a software service, and the service is modified by issuing a temporary license with temporary access rights to the software service.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the secure datastore storing the copy of the unique identifier of the token is writable only by the monitoring service.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the service being provided by the service application comprises issuing a license identifying access rights to a software service, and the service is modified by issuing a temporary license with temporary access rights to the software service.

16. The media of claim 15, wherein the secure datastore comprising the stored token is writable only by the monitoring service.

17. The media of claim 15, wherein the received token is a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Web Token (JWT).

18. The media of claim 17, further comprising retrieving the public key using a key identifier within a header of the JWT, wherein the key identifier identifies the public key stored in a datastore by the monitoring service generating the public-private key pair.

19. The media of claim 17, wherein the JWT comprises an expiry indication identifying an expiration time of the JWT.

20. The media of claim 19, further comprising storing the JWT in a datastore writable by the service application, the JWT being stored for a time equal to or greater than the expiration time.